Browsed byMonth: March 2010

Image via Wikipedia Interesting article about the drug industry in the US, following what’s happening with Obama’s health bill. It seems like drug companies are on to a winner, regardless of whether they’re making Swine Flu pills or the world’s best thermogenic fat burner. Here’s how an analyst sees it: “It could potentially add an additional 32 million lives with prescription drug coverage although some of this benefit will likely be offset by lower pricing,” There’s an interesting look at…

Interesting report on the BBC uncovers how more than 40% of calls to HMRC aren’t picked up. It comes at a time when HMRC are encouraging people to use telephone and online more, so it’s not good news for them. They’re pushing their service onto new channels and people’s expectation of these channels is different to the paper world. It’s all about setting expectation though isn’t it. Regardless of whether you’re the tax authority or simply giving out colonix reviews,…

Image by Getty Images via Daylife It was with interested that I read that Google stopped censoring search results in China today. Not that I was happy about it; at the end of the day, regardless of what your ideological beliefs may be, a country has the right to its own sovereignty and the right to make its own laws. However, the nature of the Web is pervasive and this is something that the world must come to terms with….

Great post on Seth Godin‘s blog entitled “Firsts and Never” talks about firsts and great and exciting, never being harder to accept and how revolutions change everything. There are a couple of great thoughts in there, particularly how the Internet is changing the way we transact with companies, the way we talk to each other and the way we perceive value. It doesn’t matter whether you’re in the business of selling ballet shoes or the cheapest car insurance on the…

Image via Wikipedia An interesting page on CNN outlines the top 100 best companies to work for. The top three are SAS, Edward Jones and Wegmans but there are also a number of other well known names in there. It doesn’t matter if you went to the best business school or just followed one of those medical coding training courses, it’s good to have faith in your employer and to know you work somewhere that you can be proud of….

One of the great things about the Internet is that it provides a great marketplace where traders and customers can meet. And it’s really effective at providing a steady stream of custom for niche markets that wouldn’t survive otherwise. If you deal with specialised products, like WordPress themes or gold coins, you wouldn’t survive unless you had a way to tap into a steady stream of customers. And one such market is industrial valves. Valves Suppliers UK is a company…